The well-traveled son of Raiders coach Jack Del Rio is competing for a starting job this spring at Florida, his third school since coming out of Valor Christian High School in Denver.

Del Rio started as a walk-on at Alabama in 2013 rather than accept scholarships at Oklahoma State , Oregon State and other schools. After a red shirt season, Del Rio transferred to Oregon State, only to have coach Mike Riley leave the program for Nebraska

Oregon State coach Gary Andersen installed a spread system that wasn”t a fit, so Del Rio moved on to Florida, where he”s having a solid spring practice and has caught the eye of coach Jim McElwain as a redshirt sophomore.

“I think one of the things I love about him is he”s a gym rat kind of guy,”” McElwain told the Florida Times-Union this week. “You can tell he obviously grew up around the league. He”s a guy who enjoys watching film. He enjoys being around the guys. He does a great job as leader. I think there”s a lot of intangibles there.””

Linebacker Jarrad Davis is impressed.

“He looked natural and very comfortable,”” Davis said. “He”s not a guy that”s really going to panic. He”s real laid back and he”s dropping back in the pocket smooth with everything he does. His reads are perfect. He does a lot of things to separate himself from other guys on the team.””